Praxedis Gilberto Guerrero died one hundred years ago on the morning of December 30, 1910. He died a hero for the cause of revolution in his deeply troubled homeland, Mexico. Mexico was collapsing under the oppressive weight of decades of the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz and the oligarchs who benefited immensely and disproportionally from his […]
Dr. J. P. Widney on the people of Los Angeles: “…whether they will or no, their future is one and together, and I think ne
A visit to the enchanting Las Tunas Adobe in San Gabriel, California, just 12 miles from the Plaza of Los Angeles, underscores how important San Gabriel is to the history of Los Angeles. It was from within yards of this adobe house (its first rooms built for Spanish priests in 1776 and 1810 by Native […]
From 1850 to 1950, El pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles was transformed from a small frontier outpost in the distant Mexican territory of Alta California into a sprawling and storied American city called Los Angeles – its economic and cultural influence extending across the nation and the world. How did this remarkable achievement […]
The Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles media team had the privilege to conduct on an-camera interview with Fred Ramírez, a Mexican-American World War II combat veteran. Fred grew up at Simons Brick Company Yard No. 3 in the Los Angeles suburb of Montebello, California, living there from his birth in 1924 until he […]
